“Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was an American anthropologist and writer. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe a training in shamanism that he received under the tutelage of a Yaqui “Man of Knowledge” named don Juan Matus. While Castaneda’s work was accepted as factual by many when the books were first published, the training he described is now generally considered to be fictional.
The first three books—The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, A Separate Reality, and Journey to Ixtlan—were written while he was an anthropology student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Castaneda was awarded his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles based on the work he described in these books.
At the time of his death in 1998, Castaneda’s books had sold more than eight million copies and had been published in 17 languages”
From Wikipedia
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If you look on the UCLA library web page it is possible to cite his thesis
Castaneda, C. (1973). Sorcery: a description of the world. / by Carlos Castaneda. University Microfilms.
There is a permalink to the library entry and his thesis is currently listed as unavailable. It does confirm a thesis was submitted.
https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma999650393606533
Author / Contributor
Castaneda, Carlos, 1953-
Title
Sorcery: a description of the world. / by Carlos Castaneda.
Publication Information
Ann Arbor, Mi. : University Microfilms, 1973.
Type
Dissertation
Physical Description
360 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Dissertation
University of California, Los Angeles
Local Notes
Second copy is photocopy.
Subject
Witchcraft — Mexico
Sorcellerie — Mexique
Witchcraft
Mexico
Genre
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Identifier
OCLC : (OCoLC)04246628
OCLC : (OCoLC)ocm04246628
MMS ID
999650393606533
Source
Library Catalog
Former System Number
965039-ucladb
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Despite the Wikipedia assertation of fictional there are quite a number of thesis grade research articles written about him (still) and the Toltec School web site has over 2 million views.
People like to denounce and disprove, there is always a buck in controversy. It is not unusual for a wiki page to have a measure of bias.
It would be inconceivable for many that a pukka physical scientist could also be a nagal {nagual} being in Castaneda’s contextual world framing. The physical sciences are a separate reality to the world of the sorcerer or brujo. There should be no overlap or intersection of these realities.
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